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‘The Chief Minister cannot play hide and seek for a long time and the probe by the Central agencies is on the right track’, says the Leader of the Opposition within the Kerala Assembly.
Leader of the Opposition within the Kerala Assembly Ramesh Chennithala has alleged that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his suspended Principal Secretary M. Sivasankar at the moment are “mutually helping each other” within the gold smuggling case.
He instructed mediapersons in Kozhikode on Monday that the “hospitalisation drama” of Mr. Sivasankar was solely a tactic to delay his arrest within the case of smuggling gold via the diplomatic channel. The Chief Minister couldn’t play cover and search for a very long time. The probe by the Central businesses was heading in the right direction. It was higher for Mr. Vijayan to resign from his put up earlier than the probe businesses arrested him, Mr. Chennithala stated.
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He charged that the general public outrage was intensifying day-to-day in opposition to the federal government which was “steeped in corruption and nefarious activities”. The Congress-led United Democratic Front would observe ‘Kerala Piravi’ (November 1) as ‘hypocrisy day’ in opposition to the State authorities. About 2 lakh activists would participate within the protest at 20,000 centres within the State, he stated.
Bar bribery rip-off
Responding to questions, Mr. Chennithala dismissed a report that appeared within the title of Kerala Congress (M) which claimed that he was the kingpin behind the conspiracy in opposition to Kerala Congress (M) chief after which Finance Minister {K}.M. Mani within the bar bribery rip-off. Even his son Jose. {K} Mani had dismissed such a report. It was the CPI (M) which had bodily attacked Mani inside and outside the Legislative Assembly, he alleged.
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He stated that the bar bribery case was investigated when he was the Home Minister. At that point, the Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau was not a “caged parrot”. The company beneath Vigilance Director N. Sankar Reddy functioned as an unbiased physique, Mr. Chennithala stated.
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